Motor.



No. 641,799. Patented Ian. 23, I900. A. C. &. H. B-UTZEN.

MOTOR.

(Application filed Oct. 18, 1899.

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c a m m m w w Q n W m r a H P m a R m m n n c N w 1 Patented Ian. 23,I900. A. C. &. H. RUTZEN.

MOTOR.

(Application filed Oct. 18, 1899.)

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(No Model.)

9mm 3/57 4. 4 7 W 410.. Puma-1.11140" wumna'rcn o c AUGUST 0. RUTZEN ANDI-IERMANN RUTZEN, or MILWAUKEE, WISCONSIN.

MOTOR;

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 641,799, dated January23, 1900.

Application filed October 18, 1899. Serial No. 733,950. (No model.)

To aZZ whom, it may concern:

Be it known that we, AUGUST C. RUTZEN and HERMANN RUTZEN, of Milwaukee,in the county of Milwaukee, and State of Wisconsin, have invented a newand useful Improvement in Motors, of which the following is adescription, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, which area part of this specification. a

Our invention relates to anim'proved motor that may be built either inlarge or small size, as desired, for driving extensive Inachinery or foroperating simple mechanisms.

The invention consists of the motor, its parts and combinations ofparts, as herein described and claimed, or the equivalents thereof.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a top plan view of our improved motor,parts being shown in section to more fully illustrate the construction.Fig. 2' is a transverse section of the motor on line 2 2 of Fig. 1looking toward the right. Fig. 3 is a transverse section of the motor online 3 3 of Fig. 1 looking toward the right.

In the drawings, A is'the frame, which may be of any suitable size andform to'adapt it for supporting the operative parts of the mtor. Themain shaft 5 has its bearings on the frame and is provided with aplurality of gear-wheels 6 6 and ratchet-wheels 7 7, integral andconcentric with the gear-wheels 6 6, these wheels 6 6 and 7 7 beingprovided with sleeve-like hubs 8 8, which wheels and hubs are loose onthe shaft 5. Also a plurality of larger gear-wheels 9 9, which may bedenominated the barrel gear-wheels, are tight on the shaft adjacent tothe ends of the sleevelike hubs 8 8. These wheels 9 9 are provided withconcentric laterallyextending cylindrical cases or barrels 1O 10,integral with or rigid to the wheels, which barrels project over thehubs 8 8 and encircle those hubs at a distance therefrom. Motor-springs11 11, coiled about the hubs 8, are secured at their outer extremitiesto the barrels and at their inner extremities to the hubs 8. Disk covers12 are preferably secured to the outer ends of the barrels 10 to closethem. These covers are loose about the hubs 8. Elastic catches 13 13,fixed to the frame, are disposed and adapted to catch the teeth of theratchetwheels 7 7, preventing their rotation in one direction, butpermitting the ratchet-wheels to rotate in the other direction, thecatches yielding sufficiently to allow the teeth to pass the catches inthat direction. A belt-pulley 14, fixed on the shaft 5, is the means fortransmitting power from the shaft 5 to the mechanism being operated bythe motor.

The barrel gear-wheels 9 9 mesh with pin ions 15 15, tight on acounter-shaft 16, and this counter-shaft is provided with tight guidegear-wheels 17 17, that mesh with traveler gear-wheels 18 18, loose onshaft 5. The complete wheels 17 to which the segmental racks 19 areaffixed, are for convenience of desig nation denominated guide-whee1s,and the wheels 18, that mesh with the wheels 17 and are loose on shaft5, are for the same purpose designated traveler-wheels. Segmental racks19 19 or partial gear-wheels tight on the counter-shaft 16 mesh with thehub-provided wheels 6 on shaft 5. As there are six springs 11 and sixhub-provided gear-wheels 6, we provide six of the segmental racks 19,each of which has a rack of such length as to equal one-sixth of theperimeter of a wheel having a radius equal to the radius of the racks19. The segmental racks 19 are shown in the drawings as being integralwith the guide-wheels 17, and this isapreferable form of construction,but is not necessary. The wheels and racks on the counter-shaft 16 aresecured thereto adjustably by set-screws, as shown at 20 20. Thesesegmental racks 19 are arranged on the counter-shaft 16 in positionsforming a spiral line about the countershaft. The spiral ornon-registering positions of the segmental racks 19 cause these racks tomesh severally and successively each with its complementary hub-providedgear-wheel 6 on the shaft 5 when the motor is in operation,

The operation of the motor is substantially as follows: Themotor-springs 11 being wound up by rotating the hub-provided wheels 6 inany convenient way, the resilience of the springs left to their ownaction will cause the 'rotation of the shaft 5, and as it rotates thecountershaft 16 will be caused to rotate through the gear wheels 9 andpinions 15 and will by means of the segmental racks 19 at each rotationof the counter-shaft cause a partial rotation of the hub-provided Wheels(3 6 on the shaft 5, which partial rotation will correspondingly rewindthe spring 11 secured thereto, thus accomplishing a certain compensatingrewinding of the springs during the time their resilience and unwindingcause the rotation of the shaft 5.

For holding the shaft against rotation during the process of winding upthe springs 11 and for controlling the motion of the motor at othertimes we provide a brake consisting of two clamping-arms 21 21, pivotedat one extremity to the frame and passing, respectively, above and belowand bearing on one of the barrels and provided at their free extremitieswith nuts 22 22, swiveled by trunnions thereon in recesses therefor inthe furcate ends of the arms, through which nuts a brake-rod 23,provided with right and left screw -threads, passes. The brake -rod ismounted revolubly in a standard 2-1 on the frame. A spring 25 is adaptedto hold the free extremities of the arms 21 21 apart yieldingly.

\Vhat we claim as our invention is 1. A motor comprising a main shaft, aplurality of hub -provided gears looseon the shaft, ratchet-wheels rigidto said hubprovided gears, slip-catches engaging said ratchetwheels,other gears provided with barrels tight on the shaft, springs coiled inthe barrels about the hubs'and secured to the barrels and to the hubs, acounter-shaft provided with pinions meshing with the barrel-providedgears on the main shaft, and segmental racks on the counter-shaftarranged to mesh severally successively with the several hubprovidedgears on the main shaft.

2. In a motor, the combination of a main shaft provived with abelt-pulley, a plurality of hub-provided gear-wheels loose on the shaft,ratchet-wheels rigid to said hubprovided gears, slip-catches engagingsaid ratchet-wheels, a corresponding number of barrel provided gearwheels tight on the shaft, springs coiled about the hubs and secured tothe hubs and to the barrels, a counter-shaft provided with pinionsmeshing with the barrel-provided wheels, segmental racks on thecounter-shaft meshing successively with their complementary hub-providedgears on the main shaft, guide gear-wheels fixed to the segmental racks0n the counter-shaft, and traveler gear-wheels loose on the main shaftmeshing with the guide-wheels on the countor-shaft.

In a motor, the combination of a main shaft, a hub-provided gear looseon the shaft, a ratchet-wheel rigid to said hub-provided gear, a slipcatch engaging said ratchetwheel, another gear provided with a barreltight on the shaft, a spring coiled in the barrel about the hub andsecured to the barrel and to the hub, a counter-shaft provided with apinion meshing with the barrel-provided wheel, a segmental rack on thecounter-shaft meshing with a complementary hub-provided gear on the mainshaft, a brake consisting of clampable arms pivoted on the frame andcontacting with said barrel, and means for clamping the brake-arms tosaid barrel.

In testimony whereof we afiix our signatures in presence of twowitnesses.

AUGUST 0. RUTZEN. I-IERMANN RUTZEN. Witnesses:

O. T. BENEDICT, ANNA V. FAUST.

